Tips for Dining, Eating and Food Shopping in Ontario (including Toronto and Ottawa)
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Getting a group of about 16 together for a birthday dinner. We'd like to go to a Japanese Restaurant downtown but aren't sure which is big enough to accommodate a group and has reasonable prices.
Thanks for your recommendations!
Mango
By mango_madness
on Aug 12, 2010 08:37 PM
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Ematei, best Japanese restaurant in the downtown core, and it has large areas in the back
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Ematei
30 Saint Patrick St, Toronto, ON M5T3A3, CA
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I love the Sushi Inn on Cumberland, and it has a downstairs room.
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Sushi Inn
120 Cumberland St, Toronto, ON M5R1A6, CA
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We've always liked Ematei as well, but I'd throw Nami into the mix as well. I don't know if their robata bar is big enough to accomodate your group, but we've had big family groups there before, and the food is always good (especially the salmon belly!).
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While Ematei gets strong recommendations, I didn't have the best experience there last year with respect to service and very sloppily made nigiri. However, it would appear that it was an off-night because they still get lots of recs on CH...
I have had consistently great rolls at Etsu, which is on Baldwin. If you talk to them ahead of time, you should be able to reserve a group of 16. There's certainly enough room and I saw a group of 12-15 people there tonight. Great service, really like their Rik Roll (which I'll admit that I ordered on a whim because of it's name more than anything)
Erin =)
http://cookiesandtomatoes.blogspot.com/
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Ematei
30 Saint Patrick St, Toronto, ON M5T3A3, CA
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hyuk. Rik Roll. That alone makes me want to go over and try it.
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haha yes! it's been my favourite roll so far from Etsu...and believe me when I say that I've tried A LOT of their rolls. Rik Rolled!
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You don't go to Ematei for the sushi.
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Ematei
30 Saint Patrick St, Toronto, ON M5T3A3, CA
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So I recently heard - I didn't look into it before going so it appears that we all made terrible mistakes ordering sushi :) Any recs? Maybe I'll give it another try.
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The sushi isn't awful -- it just isn't worth getting. Go for grilled fish and specials.
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I remember going to Yuzu and seeing something about them having private rooms, so you could try there.
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I recommend Takesushi. Excellent sushi!
http://www.takesushi.ca/
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Takesushi
22 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5J1C4, CA
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